John Lennox by Andy Warhol John Lennox by Andy Warhol was created in 1985 (Christie. Com), shortly after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 (Kennedy Hickman John Lennox, who was an antiwar activist, was assassinated in 1981 (Wisped). Due to his pivotal role in the music industry, he was extremely influential. Andy Warhol executed his portrait of John as a tribute four years after Lemon’s death. As a medium, Warhol used synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen inks on canvas (Christie-corn). His painting measured 40 by 41 inches (Christie. Com). Andy Warhol is best known for is Pop Art style.
He uses bright colors and repetitive shapes to illustrate his opinion. Warhol also painted portraits of modern celebrities of whom he was very fond. Three years before the Vietnam War ended, Lennox recorded a song called “Imagine”. This song touched many lives, including Whorl’s, making him an enormous fan of Lemon’s (Wisped). Lemon’s song was the primary influence of Andy Whorl’s portrait, making it one of the most notable paintings done of John Lennox. In Whorl’s portrait of Lennox, he uses value not only to depict his depressed mood, but also to shed some light on how inspiring Lemon’s elite was.
Warhol draws attention by highlighting the left side of Lemon’s face. He brightens one side to symbolize “the light” one might encounter when going to heaven. In the song Lennox sings of “living life in peace”. Warhol wanted to depict how he now believes Lemon’s life is at peace. He also illuminates half of Lemon’s face to demonstrate the purity and kindness of Lemon’s soul, Lennox dreams of the “brotherhood of man”, which is ironic considering he was assassinated by a fellow human being with whom he wanted to *live as one” This irony is interpreted through the shadowed, right side of Lemon’s face.
Warhol was devastated by the death of John Lennox, as were millions of other people around the world. Warhol depicts his devastation through the dark rings around Lemon’s eyes and the darkness surrounding Lennox. Although most Of the portrait is dark, Warhol made it a point to illuminate Lennox so people would reminisce in his decency and venerate his life. Warhol also used a smooth texture when executing this painting because he wanted to soften Lemon’s face in order to illustrate his benevolence. Andy Warhol wanted everyone to remember John Lennox as a generous and kindhearted individual.
In order to create the effect of goodwill he had to take Lemon’s facial features and make them less intense. Warhol also used a smooth texture when creating the hair. He uses a smooth texture throughout the painting to represent the innocence with in Lemon’s heart. Whorl’s use of texture is this painting is immensely significant because it portrays John Lemon’s compassionate heart and soothing manner. Imagine by John Lennox Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people living life in peace You, you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions wonder if you can No need tort greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people sharing all the world And the world will live as one (w. ‘M. Lyricists. Com) The human imagination can, and has, created some Of the most horrible atrocities, but it has also conjured up some of the most beautiful hopes and dreams. In the first verse Lennox speaks Of “people living for today”.
Most Of the oral’s population believes in a higher power and, ultimately, some kind of life after death. Here Lennox asks us to forget about our cares and things to come, by living for the day. Lennox also refers to “people living life in peace”. The only way to do this, he believes, is to eliminate countries and religion. Nationalism and contradicting faiths are two of the prime culprits for why people aren’t living in harmony. If we could get rid of organized regions of land and organized religion, there would be no need for peaceful cohabitation of different groups of people because there wouldn’t be different types of people.
Everyone would be one. Another obstacle holding us back from equality and reconciliation is “possessions”. If we are somehow able to cut out our possessions and our greed, we could create a universal sense of brotherhood in humankind. With this hindrance out to the way, we are able to share the world as equals. Lastly, Lennox preaches of the “world living as one”, This demonstrates his thoughts about how everyone let go of their insignificant thoughts and decided to “live life for today”, “live life in peace”, and “imagine no possessions” the “world could live as one”.
This song is an example of what can be as people, and what we can actually accomplish if we try Because, the song Imagine appealed to Andy Warhol so greatly and affected him so significantly, it motivated him to produce the portrait of Lennox in homage. John Lennox and Andy Warhol were both very considerably notable in Pop culture and they both influenced millions of lives in extremely positive ways. Although some would say Whorl’s Portrait of Lennox was “simple”, most would not. Whorl’s message is exceptionally imperative in the harmony and equality Of the human race along with Lemon’s song Imagine.
